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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

Gail Hamilton and 10
Elaine have - =.
do'
-, uncle Jimmy
..rlved at their home In
..he. When the tatooed man gets sick
again Gail will take him out for another
airing.
The Revs. Sam Jones and Sam Small
are attacking the devil In Minneapolis,
having commenced two weeks siege
again INST him there. Two services are held
each day.
Soon he boy the apple
viii grnpple with great joy;
Soon the fruit will grapple
That too conllding boy.
-.dHlebOrO Adg0cdte.
There Is a woman In New York City, SC
says an exchange, who has given birth to
twelve children In three years and seven
months. The births comprise one single
birth, two pair of twins, ten months apart
then In ten months more there were trip.
let's; and after that four strong, eight
pound boys at one birth.
The visitor told about some artist who
painted fruit so natural that birds came
and picked at 1t. The snake editor said
that he was no artist at all himself, but he
had beat that all out; he had drawn hen
80 lifelike that when he threw her In the
| v,o,te Io Oh ~ che laid thara
Positive, mine; comparative, miner; su
perlative, minus.
Positive, wait; comparative, waiter; SUI
perlative, do it yourself If you want |,
done.
One Kansas editor knocked another
Kansas editor down with billy the other
day. Journalism in Kansas is lively.
"The way to sleep" says scientist, us
to think of nothing This Is mistake
The way to sleep is to think 1t is time t.
get up.
A business mems association has beet
organized at jacksonville, which proposes
to utilize the local press by liberal adver
Using In stimulating trade. This is sensi
BILE and 1t will have the desired effect
The reason why the boy stood on TIT
burning deck" was because ii was too no
TO sit down.
Says a fashion note: Hats are all In
clined to have jaunty air. They have
dent or crease In unexpected places In boil
the crown and brim." This shows the val
ne of good reputation. A man with sucl
a headgear would lncontinently be accused
OF drunkenness; but the women, God bles
them can wear anything without losin.
caste.
A Dutchman who had lost his wife tool
unto himself second spouse with hast
that struck his neighbors as somewhat I'm
seemly; So on the night of the ceremon.
they rendered him a serenade, with tn
usual tin. pan and horn accompaniment, a
which he waxed extremely wroth. "Poys'
he said from an upper window, don't yo'
vas ashamed OF yOurselluf to make dc
noise ven dere vas death In de house 8
lately since ?"-Drdkes Trdrelers' Mage
ziae.
They talk about woman's sphere
As though 1t had limit;
} There's not place In earth or heaven,
There's not task TO mankind given,
There's Lot blessing or woe.
There's not whisper, yes or no,
There's not life, or death, or birth
That has a feathers weight OF worth
Without woman In II.
-COarier.J0urn u.
A cross eyed cat, one of the few KIN w
to be 10 existence, Is owned by Mrs, Ge'
e Hebard, of Hartford. Conn. We want
'. see that cat. We don't think We shall eve
sleep again TIL We see Q cross eyed ca
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

.ne 'ury spelr' is at an end today, the
disciples of Bacchus and Gambrinus offer
ing many libations on the affairs of their
respective deities, while Jupiter plurious
not to be outdown hy Mortals, has sen.
copiOus showers TO gladden. the husband
man and fructify and moisten the parched
and painting bosom of mother earth.
KAPPA,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

Little Rhymes for Little People.
Little Charley Cheerful,
Climbing up tree,
Devourcd all the cherries
There that he could see.
But very soon he tumbled,
And broke his little bones;
Vast because he grew 70 heavy
From swallowing the stopesf
-0ood Housekeeping
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

the Dutch
Ich.
picture Is
alton. AS
# the two
age Of her
10 ways Of
ferior doll
that in a
led Of the
t act, re-
| owner.
tie Dutch
lders, and
as are the
American
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

; Experiment.
from a match laid on
" seem an impossible
.cholas, experiment will
nay be accomplished.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07
Exchange Gossip,

Mary had little dog,
With string tied to his collar,
And everywhere that Mary went
The dog was sure to foller.
text! -G0rham MOuntains..-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT WITH
BOTTLE AND A MATCH.

Tho Historical Foundation for That
Charming Fairy story Of Cinderella.
and Take Too Much.
The picture here presented TO our young
folks is from llarper's Young People, and Is
worthy OF more than passing glance In
che first place, it proves that human nature Is
pretty much the same the world over, and that
little Dutch girls living away OFF in that fiat
country called Holland are not all Of them
exempt from selilshness, any more than are
the young girls in America.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07
OCEAN TICKETS. s s'1 hisTs at at
lowest prices. DIR. J. D. HARRIS & SON.
TWOSTOR n p%Et i1as i5s s% vest Dsds
MI, Dor only fi.AD.

CHOICE UtoMM0Dl0us Dwelling Dwell A:r mod Ter,
lots east side A decided bargain
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

IL SnO will buy fair house, five rooms. large lot,
sCCUO fruit and shrHbbery. Easy payments.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

Gail Hamilton and h.
Blaine have -
Mot
-.., uncle Jimm
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

DUNCAN No DouGALL q IA cu.n,,,,,
Nrpolt' ALL 81 CIIABM N Attor
'i neys at Law. Gedney's Block, Ottawa il anrso
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-07

DESIRABLE G Ge@ BARN. ss' io'. 'G nS1s
side, only 81, 100.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
The Slayer Of Jesse James.

A Las Vegas letter says: Isaw Bob
Ford, the murderer of Jesse James, at
Los Gerrillos, q mining town near here,
recently. He is penniless, Or aboutso,
his blood-money having been ex-
hausted long since by riotous living.
He is a. hanger on of saloons and gam
bling dens, and manages somehow to
make a living. He is cordially detest-
ed by the people and miners generally,
who, themselves often very rough IN
ways and deeds, are too brave to do
the cowardly trick that removed Jesse
James from earth. He is alone, in all
the desolate sense of the word, and it
will always be so. Dick Liddell is also
here, but he is reformed, "and is re-
ceiving the assistance and moral en-
couragement of well disposed people.
He is q nice looking man, very much
unlike the brutal Ford in appearance,
in actions and in words. He married
q woman of the town, who also "re-
formed" and the people helped them
to start on the right road.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
"Banished" to the United States.

From the New York Sun.
Riemenschneider was q publisher In
Copenhagen and had as g. partner one
Solomon, who had formerly been en-
ployed in g. bank. While there he
amused himself in initiating currency
notes, in which he was so success
tul as to arouse the admiration of his
fellow clerks. He once made bill In
which even experts could find no de.
feet; even the water marks were re-
produced exactly. Afterward hejoined
Riemenschneider in the publishing
business. The firm soon began
to attract the attention of
all Copenhagen by their display
OF prosperity. Their Office was one of
the finest in the city, was not only
handsomely, but extravagantly fur
nished. The partners delighted in
giving small dinners, and soon gath
cred about them the gilded youth of
the money aristocracy. Both were
fond of horses, and Riemenschneider
particularly had stable equal to any
in Denmark. The liberality toward
authors became proverbial. A man
had only to enter their Office, an
nounce that he had book he would
like them to publish, request an ad-
vance of few hundred crowns on the
probable profit, and his pocket would
be filed by the benevolent publishers.
One day in 1888 Riemenschneider
went to a bank and asked to have
1000 crown note changed.
The teller discovered that the ink
with which it was printed was not yet
dry. 1t was the note that these en-
terprising publishers had produced,
and they never issued g. second edi-
ton. The whole story came out, and
the plates and tools used in the work
were found in the splendid Office.
Solomon's old father died heart
broken, his intended wife became in
sane, and he himself, after nine years.
imprisonment, was released under
very heavy bonds, sent to Germany
to use his skill for a firm of bank
note manufacturers, and ordered
never to return to Denmark. Riemen-
schneider had g. long taste of prison
life, and the United States was sc.
lected as the place of his Punishment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
Beware the Dynamo
From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.

From the ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
| have q friend at the capitol who
dearly loves q Joke, and he told me
with much gusto yesterday an Incl
dent which took placein a lower Gown
grocery store. In the basement of the
store is the apparatus with which
the proprietor generates the electricity
for his own store-lighting plant. A
iaboring man had occasion to 60 down
stairs looking for something when
my friend and the engineer were talk
ing about the great drawing power
OF one part of the magnetized
instrument. The laboring man was
walking near to this magnet,
which is of great power, when sud-
denly as he moved around, his tin
pail was snatched from his hand and
drawn by the mysterious element
whack up against the iron. With q
yell like Sioux Indian, the fright
ened man turned, gave one glance at
that tin pail hugging the black iron,
and broke for the stairs on the dead
run. -aas.0 d 5.s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
Joke on a General.

Apropos of Gen. Faidherbe, an
amusing anecdote is related of an ad-
venture which befell him when he conf
manded the Army of the North in the
war Of 1870. His charger, splendid
gray Arab, had been wounded at the
battle OF Pont Noyelles, and the general
was obliged to leave it behind him at
q farm. Some days after. as Gen.
Faidherbe was at lunch, a non-com-
missioned officer of the Prussian Army
came up with a French dragon and
horse which Gen. Won Cohen had
sent him with B. polite message, be-
llevlng it to be his property. The
horse was g. miserable animal, and
Gen. Faidherbe, amazed at the ap-
partition, asked the dragon for an
explanation. The man related that
he had been taken prisoner with three
comrades by patrol of German cav
airy, two days before, and that he
had hit on the bright idea of repre-
senting himself as the orderly and his
horse as the favorite charger of Gen.
Faidherbe. The German officers had
communicated this statement to Gen.
Won Cohen, who had courteously re-
turned the animal to the French gen.
eral. Gen. Faidherbe, however,
asked the German soldier to take the
dragon and the horse back with
him, and the man had to return
crestfallen at the failure of his ruse. Gen.
Won Cohen, as soon as he learned the
truth, directed that diligent search
should be made for the Arab,
suit it had been so carefully hidden
bway that he never succeeded in re-
atoring it to his adversary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
DESPAIR.
BY HANNAH MORE KoHAUs.

A friend sauntered into my chamber one day,
And seated himself asintending TO stay;
Meath bent, shaggy brows, grayish, d1sheveled
hair,
/ read on his visage the name of despair
He offered me poison, strong cord, sharp kn1e,
Said either would sever the threads OF my lie;
Releasing me quickly from tOrturing woe,
And down to his Kingdom together wee CO.
He called me coward, and cur1ed his thin lip,
Becaus- [ refused OF the poison to sip;
BE said that feared just one swift little dow
Far more than did twenty years of sharp woe.
I argued THE sorrows of life we'll know,
And though hard to suffer It's far better so,
Than plunge through the darkness into an ahyss
Whose torrents might prove even harsher than
this
AT that he grew furious; sprang wild from his
chair,
And iercely he raised his hand high in the air
And struck at me-ah twas a terrible crash,
As into the mirror my own hand dash.
Twas shattered TO fragments of numberless piece
But the fend had departed, had found a release;
As the blood trickled down and my garments be-
dewed,
knew who it was IN the mirrOw I'd viewed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
From the Hartford Courant.

From the Hartford COurant.
The Ansonia Methodists were as
sembled on Sunday afternoon trying
to raise money to make good the
damage caused by q recent fire. TWEEN
ty-dOllar subscriptions were asked
for, and this being next to the maxi
mum limit the responses were not
coming in very fast. The solicitors
were moving up and down the aisles
with eagle eyes looking for mods of as
sent or the transfer of the little green
bills. They were not very particular
i'm what shape the money came-so it
came. In the midst Of depressing
lull, a lone fly that had been soaring
high in the vaulted auditorium SEEM
ed to take in the situation and con-
cluded to descend and lend a.
hand in the effort. He singled
out q portly and stiff-backed former
Congregationalist from Derby from
the congregation and began his per-
suasive endeavors upon him. Quiet
ly and good naturally he worked
away, caressing his nose and fondllng
his lips, until finally, getting a good
opportunity, he gave bite upon the
nose, and with a vigor that showed
that he meant business and would not
be trihed with. 1t had the desired ef-
feet. The good brother waved his
hand, the solicitor caught the motion,
and down went the brothers name for
a $50 subscription, the announcement
OF which caused general rejoicing. 1t
is said the brother feels aggrieyed, but
will stick to the offer. - -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
FOR TILLERS OF THE SOIL
If We Could See.

If we could see the briers in our pathway
We should step over them, and not upon;
If we could see beneath the fair sweet roses
Our fingers would not bleed from prick g.
thorn
When present cares Cypress and sorely grieve us.
If we could see the future coming 10Y,
So bright twould seem in its contrasting bea utv
That bitterness and pain would less annoy
If we could see how heavy hang the shadows
That we might lift above another head
We should not brood DER clouds that seem to
lower,
But help our brother into light instead.
If we could see how careless words have powe
To hurt the hearts we love or give them bliss
We should not speak SO quickly in cur anger. q
Nor, in our pride, withhold the longedfor kiss
we could see the cause why some have fallen
While others, tempted just the same stood
strong;
Should we condemn? All no, the sweet COMES
sion
Christ has for sinners would to us belong.
If we could see his wisdom, in chastisements
We should not murmur so beneath the rod:
Then should we see in smallest joys and sorrow
The ever-loving guiding hand OF God,
IT'S light we need-the light of love, o Father
Ope Thou our eyes, that we no longer bind,
May fine with this, thy greatest gift to aid us
Some good cen in the meanest of mankind
IA. B, SDeariDg
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
The Twenty. Ounce Apple.

Where well-known, no apple is a
greater favorite of the housewife on
the farm than the twenty ounce. 1t
is always fair, large and 8 good bear
er. 1t has, besides, just the flavor to
make good pies, and it is very handy
to nave one or two trees near the
house to come into use after the early
harvest apples have gone. The twen-
ty-ounce is better grated on another
stock than on it's own stock. Almost
the only fault of this variety is that
when grated on the root, it's bark
cracks and dies on the sunny side
from what is called sun scald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
The Gloomy Side of Dedication.

From the BOSt0u COULTER.
A Boston lady recently received the
dedication OF new book, q copy OF
which was sent to her by the author.
The members of her family of course
examined the book, and over the died.
ication her young daughter seemed to
be much puzzled. For some time she
regarded it doubtfully, uncertain
whether to ask the question which
tormented her, but at last her curios-
ity could no longer be restrained, and
she burst out: "But, mamma, how
could it be dedicated to you? /
didn't know people had dedication
till after they had funeral.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21

Have you ever tried wheelbarrow
on your farm? Do you know how
much easier IL is to wheel q bushel or
two of apples or potatoes, or a few
pumpkins, than it is to carry them !?
II you have not little experience will
convince you that it is much easier to
wheel than to "tote." On every farm
there are little things to do or to
move, or to take to the garden or to
the house that are heavy to carry, or
would require two or three trips. It
is not only some trouble to hitch up
the team; besides it is often inconyen-
lent, as ofttimes the teams are at work
and it would require considerable loss
of time to do what with a good wheel
barrow could be done in FIVE minutes.
Then one is worth what it costs, in q
year to wheel in wood from the wood
mouse to the house, If it could not be
used for any other purpose. There
are a number of different styles espe.
cially adapted for particular kinds of
work. The railroad barrow is
probably the cheapest, and is especial
ly adapted to wheeling dirt, manure,
apples, potatoes or the most of vege-
tables In bulk. 1t is generally low,
has a lower wheel and runs heavier
than garden barrow.
A good garden barrow is in my opin
ion, the best adapted for the farmer
is built higher, has g. higher wheel
runs easy, and has sideboards that
can be taken Off when not wanted. A
common man can wheel 800 pounds
any reasonable distance with a good
garden barrow much easier than he
can carry 100 pounds the same dis
tance. You can wheel dirt and ma
nure On them and they are more con-
venient' for wheeling wood or rock
than q railroad barrow. They gener-
ally cost more, but for general use
about the farm and house they are
worth enough more TO pay the differ
ence. Then we have stone barrows,
especially adapted for wheeling stones;
wood barroWs for wheeling wood;
brick barrows for wheeling brick; so
then you can get one for whatever
particular line of work you want it
for.
But if you havenot one on the farm.
purchase one the next time you go to
town, and in q short time you will be
easily convinced that you have made
q profitable investment, not only in
saving of time but OF labor n. J.
Shepherd, in Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
Dissolved Bones.


DR.. Aitkin thus writes of dissolved
bones in the North British Agricul.
turist: Bones contain about hall
their weight of phosphate of lime, the
other half consists chiefly of organic
matter. The phosphate OF lime in
bones is what is called insoluble
phosphate, that is to say, q combi-
nation of phosphoric acid with as
much lime as they can unite with.
One-Ghird Or two-thirds of the lime
Can, however, be taken away and still
leave definite compounds. When two
thirds of the lime have been taken
away, the compound formed is solu-
blein water and is called soiublephos-
plate of lime. The object of adding
sulphuric acid to bone phosphate is to
remove two-thirds of the lime by con-
ver5ing it into sulphate of lime, just
as IN the case ofsuperphosphate, which
is a mixture of soluble phosphate and
lime and sulphate of lime.
In dissolving bones, however, it is
found that if enough of acid is added
to convert all the phosphates into the
soluble form the whole is converted
into liquid mass, which refuses to
dry up and is unfit for use as manure.
This is owing to the organic matter in
the bones. There is therefore prac-
tical limit set to the proportion of
soluble phosphate which dissolved
bones can contain. AS rule, in the
case of pure dissolved bones, not more
than half the phosphate is present in
the soluble form. The usual practice
of manufacturers of pure dissolved
bones is to add more acid than is
necessary, and to dry up the product
with fine bone meal, and, by careful
mixing and somewhat laborious treat.
ment, produce sowable manure.
Other things besides fine bone meal
are often used as dryers. Steamed
bone flour dries more effectively than
bone meal, but il it is used to any
great extent the product will be some
what high in phosphate and some.
what lowin ammonia. Bone ash is
found to be q still more absorbent
substance, and it is used much to dry
up dissolved bones. Bone ash, how
ever, contains no heterogeneous matter,
and is very rich in phosphate, and
therefore when it is used the product
is high in phosphate, and correspond
ingly low in ammonia. Bone ash is
not bones, it is simplyimpure phos-
phate of lime derived from bones. The
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21

same may be said of bone char, which
is frequently used as a dryer, and
which gives the black color to many
manures sold as pure dissolved bones.
In England there is scarcely to be
found q manure sold under the name
of dissolved bones which is genuine
article. A great proportion of them
contains no bone material at all, and
the term dissolved bone is really a
conventional name applied to com
pound manures consisting of any kind
of mixture Of phosphate and nitrog-
enous materials which can be dis
solved with or without an admixture
of bone.
Many OF these manures are excellent
preparations, just as good as pure
dissolved bones, and they have the
merit Of being formed from materials
which would otherwise be allowed to
go to waste. Manure manufacturers
make no secret Of the spurious char
acter of the manures called dissolved
bones, and it has become quite recog-
nized in the trade that purity is not
expected in them. No doubt g. great
majority of buyers is deceived by the
name, and they pay q higher price for
what is called dissolved bones than if
they knew the absolute character of
the article.
Ii genuine dissolved bones are de-.
sired they should be brought under a.
guarantee of purity. Pure dissolved
bones could not contain much more
than 90 per cent. soluble phosphate,
and from 2115 to 81 per cent. of am
monia.
When well made, it is of course
good manure, but not whit better
than many OF it's limitations.
The dissolving of bones in sulphur
rous acid is a wasteful process, not to
be recommended, for by so doing
the bones are degraded to the
level of mineral pbosphates, which
supply soluble phosphates more
cheaply and efficiently than bones.
II soluble phosphates wanted for q
crop, then the cheapest form of
superphosphate is the best thing to
apply. If bones are wanted for the
crop or the land, than the natural
bone, finely ground, is the cheapest
form OF application. If both are
wanted, both should be applied sepa-
rately; but to attempt to combine
these advantages by dissolving the
bones is to effect compromise that
is not economical 1t is really in
effect to spoil good bones and to make
poor superphosphate. - American
Cultlvator,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-21
Fraud in CheaD Queens,

No kind of business is without it's
frauds. Bee keepers who often have
occasion to purchase queens, either to
supply artificial swarms or to change
the breed, are cautioned that those
sold at less than dollar each are apt
to be short-lived, many scarcely be-
ginning laying before they die. A good
queen should live three years, and in
that time propagate an immense mum.
Der of her kind. The difference be-
tween O. queen properly reared and
one forced by the artificial cheap prop
agators is unquestionably much great
er than the difference in price. In
this case, as in many others, the best,
though highest priced, is cheapest in
the end.